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JOB INFORMATION

Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur
in this geographical location.

Manage and coordinate training for a department, division or a geographic region of a department's statewide training function, supervising and conducting training sessions for both skill and general management development.

The Division of Emergency Management (DEM) is recruiting for an Exercise Officer in the Carson City office. The incumbent develops multi-year exercise strategies; schedules, designs, coordinates, and conducts emergency exercises for the Division; provides exercise support for other state agencies, local jurisdictions, and tribal jurisdictions as needed; develops exercise budgets; prepares grant applications for the statewide exercise program; and provides programmatic and financial reports on the program. Additional duties will include working as part of the State Emergency Operations Center Planning Section, when activated, and acting as liaison to local jurisdictions during disasters and/or emergencies. Activation as a member of the Emergency Operations Center may be necessary in the event of a major emergency. This may serve to disrupt/alter/revise or totally change all previously established work performance standards, requiring 100% of the incumbent's time, until the emergency is over. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ***

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in education or a related field and four years of experience in the adult training process which included experience in planning, programming, coordinating and conducting adult training; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special Notes

The position has a 25% travel requirement.

Special Requirements

A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required.

The Examination

Application Evaluation Exam

The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.

The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment

1) Please detail your experience with emergency exercises including drills, tabletops, and functional and full scale exercises; including where and when you obtained it.

2) Please detail your knowledge and experience with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) including where and when you obtained it.

3) Please describe your professional level experience working with a training and exercise program and how that experience involved different levels of government including federal, state, local, and tribal governments.